Publisher dead; apparent suicide

San Diego  A man who apparently jumped to his death Wednesday night from a hotel across from Balboa Park has been identified as the former publisher of the Gay and Lesbian Times newspaper, which recently closed.

Michael G. Portantino, 52, of San Diego was found lying on the sidewalk at Spruce Street and Sixth Avenue, in front of the Park Manor Suites, the county Medical Examiner’s Office and San Diego police said.